Photo © Mike Wall

Crambus pratella

Checklist Number
63.085 [B&F: 1300]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Crambidae
Subfamily:Crambinae
Genus:Crambus
Species:pratella
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

Nationally scarce (Nb) on dry grassland in parts of the British Isles. In southern Hampshire, apparently very rare and local, and since 1980 recorded from just half-a-dozen sites, including Hurn, North Gorley and Ashurst; last recorded in northern Hampshire in 1999 at Fleet. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 22-25 mm. Can be confused only with the rather smaller C. lathoniellus, in which the median longitudinal streak is narrower with the anterior edge straight, not angulated [Goater]. Larva feeds within roots and lower stems of various grasses.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Farley Mount (SU42)1900-W FassnidgeAdult
Baddesley Great Covert (SU41)23/06/1935-W FassnidgeAdult
Lordswood, Southampton (SU41)01/07/1967-David AppletonAdult
Denny Wood, NF (SU30)01/07/1980-R D Hilliard-
Hayling Island (SZ79)17/06/1985oneJohn WaltersAdult
Hayling Island (SZ79)18/06/1985oneJohn WaltersAdult
Hayling Island (SZ79)23/06/1985twoJohn WaltersAdult
Hayling Island (SZ79)29/06/1985oneJohn WaltersAdult
Hayling Island (SZ79)30/06/1985oneJohn WaltersAdult
Highcliffe (SZ29)05/07/1989-E H WildAdult
Hurn (SZ19)13/06/2004oneMike JeffesAdult
North Gorley (SU11)31/05/2008onePeter AllenAdult
North Gorley (SU11)08/06/2008onePeter AllenAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)13/06/2008oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)21/06/2008oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)14/07/2008oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)24/06/2010oneKeith GodfreyAdult
King's Copse Inclosure (SU40)04/07/2010onePaul G StapletonAdult
Brockenhurst, NF (SU20)21/07/2011oneRoy & Hilary PerryAdult
Burton, nr Christchurch (SZ19)08/07/2013oneJean SouthworthAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)20/07/2013oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)10/07/2014oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)16/08/2015oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Hurn (SZ19)08/06/2016oneMike JeffesAdult
Winton (SZ09)22/06/2017oneMike JeffesAdult
Dibden Purlieu (SU40)03/09/2022oneRobert A ChapmanAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Fleet (SU85)02/07/1991oneMick AScott,MGMcCarthyAdult
Fleet (SU85)09/07/1999oneMick AScott,WJScottAdult